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NC--Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/02/2024 01:08pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Spaniard imprisoned in Iran after visiting grave of Mahsa Amini arrives home after release 01/02/2024 08:11am • MADRID (AP) — A Spaniard who spent 15 months in an Iranian prison after visiting the tomb of Mahsa Amini returned home to Madrid on Tuesday after being released. “I can’t believe it. This has been very hard, but I am here. We have no idea how fortunate we are to have been born in his country,â Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on the uses of artificial intelligence in the federal courts 12/31/2023 06:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump. Describing artificial intellig Planning to pop some New Year's bubbly? A safe ride program is offering discounted Lyfts 12/29/2023 05:00am • New Year's Eve is a big drinking holiday, so one local organization is offering celebrants and partygoers a free and safe ride home. "If you're of legal drinking age in the greater Washington area this New Year's Eve … and your plans involve alcohol, you can go to SoberRide.com and download a c A frantic push to safeguard the Paris Olympics promises thousands of jobs and new starts after riots 12/29/2023 01:35am • PARIS (AP) — With a name that doesn’t ring old-school French like Jean, Pierre or Jacques, and a home address in a tough suburb of Paris where riots flared, Salah Benkadmir is discovering how hard it can be to make prospective employers in France see beyond their prejudices. Despite having a hig Montgomery Co. schools urges teachers to ‘align’ social media posts with ‘system’s values’ 12/28/2023 03:30pm • Teachers and staff at Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland are strongly urged to watch what they say on social media and make sure it "aligns" with the "system's values" after four teachers were put on administrative leave. According to a letter sent by the school system's chief operating Why buying gift cards may be 'perilous,' and how can you protect yourself 12/28/2023 02:49pm • Scammers are at it again — this time, they're targeting gift cards. Police say gift cards are being stolen from area stores. The scammer will copy the numbers and security codes, then reseal the gift cards and place them back on the shelves. When anyone then loads money onto that gift card, Independent lawyers begin prosecuting cases of sexual assault and other crimes in the US military 12/28/2023 12:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Thursday opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes cases of sexual assault and other major crimes, putting independent lawyers in charge of those decisions and sidelining commanders after years of pressure from Congress. The change, long resi An 'almost naked' party of Russian elites brings on jail time, a lawsuit and apologies 12/28/2023 10:57am • The nightlife of Russia’s elite has long been famously rakish but a recent party crossed an invisible line and provoked a public scandal. One pop star ended up in jail and several others issued public apologies while an ensuing lawsuit demanded a fortune in reparations. The scandal erupted after What Is the Gartner Hype Cycle? 12/26/2023 07:00pm • The history of innovation is littered with technologies that appeared great on the surface but never found an audience. Products like the Microsoft Zune, which just couldn't compete with the iPod. Or Apple's Newton that later became the iPad, but just wasn't quite there yet in the early '90s. With n 'It's complicated': DC officials mark 50th anniversary of Home Rule Act, continue push for statehood 12/25/2023 09:16am • D.C. got a unique Christmas Eve surprise from President Richard Nixon a half century ago — the right to self-governance. It came after decades of failures for the city, between 1948 and 1964, as a handful of bills came to the floor of Congress only to fail passage. "After turning out by the Today in History: December 24, astronauts orbiting the moon read from Genesis on Christmas Eve 12/24/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2023. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve te DC Council chairman introduces bill aimed at reducing violent crime 12/22/2023 07:18pm • As shootings continue to plague the District, city lawmakers are looking for ways to keep its residents safe — and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson wants to lead the charge against violent crime in the city. Mendelson introduced legislation this week called "Evidence-Based Gun Violence Redu Some Catholic bishops reject Pope's stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused 12/22/2023 01:12pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples. Others downplayed the policy approved this week by Francis as merely r Vatican prosecutor appeals verdict that largely dismantled his fraud case but convicted cardinal 12/22/2023 09:40am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has appealed a court verdict that largely dismantled his theory of a grand conspiracy to defraud the Holy See of millions of euros but found a cardinal guilty of embezzlement. Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi filed his appeal this week of the three-j